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50 Francs
| Issuer | Banque d'État du Maroc |
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| Year | 1920-1928 |
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| Currency | Franc (1910-1959) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is dominated by an architectural Moorish arch vignette rendered in fine guilloche and geometric latticework, occupying the central and right portions of the note, with the large denomination numeral '50' in a cartouche at lower left flanked by stylised plant sprays. The serial number and series letter appear printed in letterpress across the upper field over the ornamental underprint. The bold legend 'CINQUANTE FRANCS' is set in large intaglio type at centre-right, with the statutory payment clause and counterfeiting warning inscribed below in smaller text. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries the bilingual layout of the Banque d'État du Maroc, with the bank's name in French along the top border and in Arabic script below it, followed by the denomination in large Arabic calligraphy at centre. Three signature lines with manuscript signatures appear in the lower central field beneath the Arabic text. The left margin bears the numeral '50' in a circular medallion, while the right side is occupied by a large blank octagonal panel framed in geometric guilloche borders, and a repeated Arabic denomination cartouche appears at lower right. |
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The Banque d'État du Maroc was not a Moroccan institution in any meaningful sense — it was a multinational financial body established under the 1906 Act of Algeciras, giving several European powers a stake in Moroccan banking before the French Protectorate had fully consolidated its grip. This note circulated during that awkward administrative interregnum, when the bank's shareholders included France, Spain, Britain, and others, yet French interests dominated day-to-day operations entirely.
Gustave Fraipont was primarily known as a poster artist and illustrator, an unusual background for banknote design work. The Banque de France handled production, as it did for much of France's colonial monetary apparatus in this period.